1845 Hamilton County Voter's List


The first Statewide election was held on Monday, May 26, 1845. The records of that election are very significant to our genealogical history because the individual named actually resided in the county in which he was registered to vote, and he not only had to own land there, he had to demonstrate that it had been his "place of permanent abode" for at least the six months preceeding the election in which he offered to vote, and that he also had resided within the Territory and State of Florida for the two years immediately prior to the election of Monday, 26 May 1845. The election was only open to free white men who were age 21 or older. All able bodied men between 21 and 45 had to become a member of the State Militia prior to voting. Exemptions were granted only because of age or infirmity and some indicate such.

As with all old records and documents mistakes in spelling were made either in the original document or by the transcriber due to the condition of the document or illegible handwriting. Researchers wanting or requiring to make their own interpretation are referred to the original documents constituting Record Group 156, Series 486, Florida State Archives, R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, FL 32301.



PRECINCT #1

George Johnson's Precinct
  • Alford, John
  • Allen, Hansford
  • Anderson, James L.
  • Baisden, Josiah T.
    Election Inspector
  • Bassett, William
  • Bell, James
  • Clayton, Robert B.
  • Day, William
  • Gill, James W.
  • Gill, Thomas S.
  • Griffis, William
  • Herndon, Isham
  • Jennings, Lawrence D.
  • Jennings, William T.
    Election Inspector
  • Johnson, Allen G.
    Election Clerk
  • Jordan, Thomas P.
  • McGhinn, John
  • Moat, David
  • Moat, Thomas P.
  • Mobley, William
  • Powledge, John G.
  • Smart, James M.
  • Stewart, James T.
    Election Inspector
  • Towler, Hinton I.
  • Towler, William R.
  • Varn, Frederick
  • Wilder, John M.
  • Wrede, Luther P.
  • Wrede, Reuben H.
  • Zepperer, John M.

PRECINCT #2

Jasper
  • Altman, Thomas
  • Barrett, Baxter
  • Bell, Daniel
  • Bird, Daniel
  • Bird, Isiah
  • Bryan, John
  • Bryan, Joseph D.
  • Burkhaulter, Henry G.

PRECINCT #2 cont'd

  • Carter, Hardy
  • Chancy, Edmund
  • Cheshire, Handen
  • Clardy, James M.
  • Collins, George W.
  • Dees, William
  • Dougherty, Dennis
  • Dougherty, William
  • Drummond, Ephraim
  • Duncan, Jackson
  • Elston, Benjamin E.
  • Hall, Jacob
  • Hall, James
  • Hall, Nehemiah
  • Hall, Thomas
  • Hunter, John A.
  • Hunter, William M.
    Justice of the Peace
    Election Inspector
  • Hunter, William M., Jr.
  • Ivey, John
  • Ivey, Robert L.
  • Jennings, George
  • Jennings, George S.
  • Kirsh, Stephen
  • Knight, Samuel
  • Knight, Thomas
  • Lankford, James
  • Law, Joseph E.
  • Leigh, James, Jr.
  • Leigh, James, Sr.
  • Leigh, Philemon
  • Linten, John E.
  • McCall, Elhanan
  • McLeod, Angus
  • Mims, James
  • Oglesby, Elija
  • Padgett, Hopkin
  • Pennington, Henry
  • Pierson, John
    Election Inspector
  • Platt, John
  • Ponchien, Albert
  • Ponchien, William
  • Prevatt, John L.
  • Prevatt, Jonathan K.
  • Roach, William
  • Roberts, Joshua H.
    Election Inspector
  • Roberts, William
  • Robertson, Carrel E.H.

PRECINCT #2 cont'd

  • Saunders, Hiram
  • Seales, J.H.
  • Slade, John G.
  • Smith, Edmund M.
  • Smith, Millington M.
  • Sprague, Joseph
  • Stephens, Henry
  • Stephens, Henry M.
  • Stephens, Joshua
  • Stephens, William
  • Stewart, Israel M.
  • Stewart, John
  • Stewart, Jonathan K.
  • Stewart, Samuel D.
  • Stewart, Samuel W.
  • Stewart, Thomas J.
  • Sutton, John A.
  • Sutton, Shaderick
  • Swilley, Jesse A.
  • Tatum, John E.
    Election Clerk
  • Towler, Lewis
  • Wall, Perry G.
  • Whitehurst, D.S.
  • Whitehurst, Simon
  • Williams, Isiah
  • Wilson, Joseph
  • Yates, Burwell
  • Yates, William
  • Yearyty, William

PRECINCT #5

John Bryan's Old Store
  • Bryan, Haynes
  • Bryan, James
  • Bryan, Lewis H.
  • Bryan, Philemon
    Election Inspector
  • Bryan, William J.
  • Cason, Cullen W.
  • Cason, Purnell
  • Cason, Willis
    Election Inspector
  • Lock, Stephen
  • Miller, George
  • Sistrunk, Calvin
  • Stewart, John L.
    Election Inspector
  • Stewart, Matthew A.
    Election Clerk

PRECINCT #3

Francis Ross's Precinct
  • Deaton, Nathaniel
  • Duncan, James
  • High, Daniel
  • Johns, John C.
  • Marion, Nathaniel P.
  • Matthis, Bunyan
    Election Inspector
  • Mattier, James
    Election Inspector
  • McLean, John
  • Oglesby, Joseph S.
  • Ross, Francis J.
  • Smith, Absolam S.
    Election Inspector
  • Smith, John G.
    Election Clerk


PRECINCT #4

Upper Mineral Springs
  • Altman, Thomas
  • Beall, Thomas
  • Blount, Jacob J.
  • Bonnell, John, Sr.
  • Bonnell, John, Jr.
  • Brewer, James
  • Broward, Francis
  • Bryan, Joseph
  • Bryan, Milton
  • Bryan, Thomas
  • Burnett, Bryant
  • Carson, Andrew
  • Cheshire, Amos
  • Cheshire, Barnaby
  • Cheshire, James
  • Cheshire, John R.
  • Cheshire, William
  • Dinsmore, Thomas
  • Dowling, William H.
  • Geiger, James
  • Green, John
  • Green, William
  • Harvey, William
  • Hunter, John
  • Ivey, Robert
  • Jerry, John L.
  • Johns, Jeremiah
  • Kelly, Thomas
  • Kelly, Zach
  • Lee, John
  • Lee, Levi
  • Lee, Wiley
    Election Inspector
  • Lin, John B.
  • LuFile, Armour
  • McDonald, James H.
    Election Inspector
  • Pennington, William
  • Poss, William
  • Prevatt, J.C.
  • Prevatt, J.H.
  • Purviance, H. E.
    Election Clerk
  • Reed, William M.
    Election Inspector
  • Sheffield, Bryan
  • Sheffield, Pliny
  • Smith, Abraham
  • Stapleton, Alex
  • Stapleton, James
  • Towler, Timothy
  • Whitten, James